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Curtis Warfield, a Black man, was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease in 2012 .
As his condition worsened, he experienced a form of racism without knowing it.
The estimated glomerular filtration rate or eGFR is an important variable that helps dictate the course of treatment for an estimated 37 million people with kidney disease across the country.
Washington Medicine dropped the racialized eGFR in favor of a race-neutral approach.
Task force formed by professional societies for kidney specialists, the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology released an interim report questioning the use of race as a factor in diagnosing kidney care.
In September 2021 , task force released their two new equations that estimate kidney function.
âIt's opening eyes and doors to other disparities that are going on, at least within the kidney community, and getting people to talk about and look at what all is going on,â Warfield said. âIt's good to have to know that the patient's voice is now sitting at the table and being listened to, and not just decided by the medical community.".
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